U.S. President Thomas Jefferson once said: “A government big enough to give you everything you want is a government big ...

Thomas Jefferson understood that free speech and a free press were essential in a republic, writes John A. Ragosta.

Virginian Thomas Jefferson had many careers ... he lost the 1796 presidential election to him and served as his vice president. A hard-fought rematch in 1800 gave the presidency to Jefferson.

For years, a rumor has circulated online that former U.S. President Thomas Jefferson said: "When injustice becomes law, resistance becomes duty." While it is possible Jefferson might have agreed ...

In 1801 President Thomas Jefferson responded to a group of Connecticut merchants who objected to his appointment of a new collector of customs duties — the equivalent of tariffs. The prior hol ...